Inside the star studded ceremony, Tems nabbed her first Grammy during the pre televised segment. A cherry on top meeting a personal idol. “I met Mary J. Blige,” Tems says, awe filling her voice. “I used to listen to her when I was 13 or 12 like… a lot.” She takes a moment to consider what her former self might think of the meaningful run in. “I come from Lagos and, at that time, there was no way I thought I would ever meet her. That was very cool.” Tems is fast becoming a continent spanning star in her own right. She is from the lush cultural capital of Lagos, Nigeria, which has become an incubator of exciting, fresh sounding afrobeats stars like Wizkid and Davido. In 2020, from Lagos, she released her debut EP For Broken Ears which spawned the hit single “Free Mind.” Three years later, Tems has a serious chance of nabbing the Academy Award for “Best Original Song” as a songwriter on Rihanna’s Black Panther Wakanda Forever anthem “Lift Me Up.”
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